{"id":59723,"date":"2017-01-09T08:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/?p=59723"},"modified":"2025-02-06T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:31:53","slug":"diy-eyeglasses-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/diy-eyeglasses-display\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Eyeglasses Display Ideas &#038; Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eyeglasses-display.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"><\/p>\n<p>This is a great DIY project for the eyewear obsessed. Instead of keeping all of your stylish shades and glasses in a pile on your dresser or tucked away in a drawer, why not display them proudly instead? This handy eyeglasses display not only keeps your eyewear organized, it also serves as a cool piece of wall art.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/diy-sunglasses-display-case-1.jpg\" alt=\"diy eyeglasses display case\" width=\"1440\" height=\"840\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>What You Need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Picture frame (we used a 16\u201dx20\u201d frame)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mat board or fitted pegboard<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Metal tacks<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Hammer<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pencil<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ruler<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ribbon (approx. 18\u201d-20\u201d for larger frame)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/glasses-organization-diy.jpg\" alt=\"glasses-organization-diy\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Step 1: <\/em><br>\nCut out your mat board or pegboard to fit inside the frame. Next, lay out your glasses to determine how many rows will fit in the frame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eyeglasses-display-home.jpg\" alt=\"eyeglasses-display-home\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Step 2:<\/em><br>\nTo determine even placement of the rows, measure the length of the board from top to bottom and divide by the number of rows you\u2019ll need for your <a href=\"\/p\/round-eyeglass-frames\/78018\/7801821\" aria-label=\"Visit glasses Page\">glasses<\/a> (we used 3 rows). Use a pencil to mark where the tacks will go. We used 1\/4\u201d margins around the edge of the board and 2.5\u201d between each tack, but you can place them as close together or spread out as you want.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/diy-sunglasses-display-case-1.jpg\" alt=\"diy-sunglasses-display-case\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Step 3: <\/em><br>\nHammer in the tacks on each row.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/glasses-display.jpg\" alt=\"glasses display\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Step 4:<\/em><br>\nFor each row, you\u2019ll need to measure and cut ribbon adding 2\u201d-3\u201d of slack to allow enough ribbon to wrap around each tack and finally tie at each end. We began our ribbon tying with simple knots, but you can create fancy knots or bows to each end for added flare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sunglasses-display-1.jpg\" alt=\"sunglasses display\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Step 5: <\/em><br>\nHang your glasses on the ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>Now your eyewear collection is ready for display!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-teaser","category-how-to"],"acf":[],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96633,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59723\/revisions\/96633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}